How to Freeze Eggs

Freezing eggs helps save those stray egg whites or egg yolks left over from meringues, custards, or even making cupcakes. You can freeze egg whites, egg yolks, or even whole eggs (after they’ve been cracked). When I first learned how to freeze eggs from Sara at Go Gigham during BlogHer Food, I was skeptical. Would the frozen eggs really work just as well as fresh ones? When I tried freezing eggs at home, I gave the frozen eggs the ultimate test – whipping egg whites into a meringue. The defrosted egg whites worked just as well as fresh ones; I was sold!

Although you don't need a cupcake tin to freeze eggs, using one makes it easy to freeze the eggs in quantities that are useful for baking. If you freeze all the eggs together in one big container, it's not convenient when you need just two egg whites, yolks, or whole eggs for a recipe. If you use a tin, once the eggs are frozen, you can pop them out of the wells and into a freezer bag so they take up less space. As you see above, I used a metal cupcake tin. I found removing the frozen eggs to be a little tricky, so I'd suggest using a silicone tin instead.

17 Responses to How to Freeze Eggs

I am so excited to see this post as I am now the proud owner of 14 laying hens! I love having fresh eggs, but worry that I’m not going to get all of them used or sold before they go bad. I am absolutely in love with this idea! Thank you so much for sharing!
However, I do have one question. Have you ever had any issues with making meringue from fresh eggs, and by fresh I mean, fresh from the chicken that morning? I tried making some over the 4th of July and I could not get it to form into stiff peaks? It got the shiny surface to it, but it never got stiff enough to be what I would consider stiff peak meringue. Anyone have any thoughts on this? I just thought maybe my egg whites were too fresh? I know, weird right?!

That’s awesome!! I love having the hens around! I did try adding cream of tartar and it didn’t change anything. I ended up adding some meringue powder to them just to try stiffening them up. It worked a bit, but I still didn’t get the results that I wanted.

This is a great tip! I can’t count all the times I’ve had a whole bowl of egg yolks staring at me…only to finally give up and scramble them up for my dog…. And just like Kim (although I don’t have 14 hens!) we are starting our own little urban farm and may need to keep this in mind!

Sorry I can’t answer Kim’s question, I’ve not heard of this, but I’m sure I’ll find out over the coming months, as my hens mature and begin producing eggs.

As someone who just threw out 8 egg yolks after baking I will certainly be using this tip. Since I don’t have a silicone cupcake tin I’m thinking of lining each cup with some plastic wrap to make removing the eggs easier. Think it would work?

This is SUCH a helpful tip. I’ve honestly never heard of freezing raw eggs before, and I love the muffin tin idea. So clever! I often throw away egg yolks, when only I only need the whites for a recipe. No more! Thanks. Pinned it.

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